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52 foundations that funded “Action”

  1. Public charity · Nashville

    Action TN

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $682,000 · typical grant $37,500 to $152,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  2. Private foundation · Eagan, MN

    Restorative Actions Fund for Afro- American Individuals & Commun

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  3. Public charity · Sumner, WA

    Rei Cooperative Action Fund

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    7 Tennessee grants totaling $185,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  4. Public charity · Youngstown, OH

    State Power Action Fund

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $60,000 · typical grant $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Program services

  5. Public charity · Washington, DC

    Sixteen Thirty Fund

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $580,000 · typical grant $100,000 to $350,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Environmental programs; Civil rights, social action, advocacy

  6. Public charity · Nashville

    Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Lear

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $450,000 · typical grant $225,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Call to effective action

  7. Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA

    The California Endowment

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $250,000 · typical grant $250,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education for action - learning and capacity building for health justice

  8. Public charity · New York, NY

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc.

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    11 Tennessee grants totaling $3.2 million · typical grant $25,000 to $350,000 (tax year 2024)

    82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Civil rights, social action & advocacy; Environment; Community improvement & capacity building, human services; Education; Human services

  9. Public charity · San Francisco, CA

    Jewish Community Federation of San

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $393,700 · typical grant $15,000 to $351,500 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Religion; Philanthropy/voluntarism/grantmaking; Civil rights/social action/advocacy; Education

  10. Public charity · Washington, DC

    New Venture Fund

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    16 Tennessee grants totaling $2 million · typical grant $20,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)

    69% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Arts, culture, and humanities; Civil rights, social action, advocacy; Environmental programs; Youth development and education; Technology and innovation

  11. Private foundation · Athens

    Athens Federal Foundation

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    43 Tennessee grants totaling $314,160 · typical grant $3,010 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Jun 1 · next Jun 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    9 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Purchase books for Imagination Library program; Purchase of food for food pantry; Recruitment, screening and training for volunteer advocates; Funding to stock clothing and...

  12. Private foundation · Baltimore, MD

    Annie E Casey Foundation Inc.

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    20 Tennessee grants totaling $1.4 million · typical grant $30,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Provide general operating support; Support to identify diversion programs in Memphis and conduct community conversations about the need for diversion and prevention...

  13. Private foundation · New York, NY

    The Simons Foundation Inc.

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    16 Tennessee grants totaling $393,251 · typical grant $8,400 (tax year 2024)

    86% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Cognitive computational neuroscience (ccn) 2024 conference; Robust, reliable, and provably stable spectral element methods for nonlinear advection dominated problems; Discrete...

  14. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Boyd Foundation

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    56 Tennessee grants totaling $9.3 million · typical grant $10,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: For annual budget.; To seek to build and admire meaningful arts and crafts expeeriences.; To preserve and enrich the diversity of art and culture in East Tennessee.; To...

  15. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Bailey Family Foundation

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    19 Tennessee grants totaling $1.3 million · typical grant $5,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: May 31, Nov 30 · next Nov 30, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    63% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: The arts & culture alliance of greater Knoxville serves and supports a diverse community of artists, arts organizations, and cultural institutions.; The mission of big ears is...

  16. Public charity · Nashville

    Tennessee Investor Fund

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    6 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $29,500 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Civic engagement; Electioneering; Civil engagement

  17. Private foundation · Suffolk, VA

    Birdsong Charitable Foundation

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $250,000 · typical grant $50,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Social assistance

  18. Private foundation · Los Angeles, CA

    Wasserman Foundation

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    8 Tennessee grants totaling $136,480 · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: 2024 Annual Gala; Music Maker Guaranteed Income and Mentorship Progr; Class of 2025; 25th Anniversary Event; 15th Annual Evening of Stories Event

  19. Public charity · Washington, DC

    Jobs With Justice Education Fund

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $284,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $32,400 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  20. Public charity · Washington, DC

    American Public Transportation

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $25,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Sponsorship; Grassroots advocacy

Source: each funder's latest e-filed IRS return. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which lists the grants they paid and how to apply. Community foundations, United Ways and other public charities file Form 990, and we use its Schedule I (grants over $5,000). We include every funder, wherever it is based, whose latest return lists grants to Tennessee groups. Corporate and community-foundation grant rounds are in the grant search.